Key points

Holiday routines and food pressures can intensify old recovery challenges.

Consistent meals and boundaries help protect recovery.

Limiting diet and body talk protects emotional and physical stability.

Recovery thrives when you focus on connection, grounding, and what matters.

The holiday season can stir up a complex blend of excitement and dread, especially for people in eating disorder recovery. Food-centered gatherings, shifting routines, unsolicited comments about bodies, and long-standing family dynamics can activate anxiety even when your recovery feels steady. Being anxious does not mean you are failing. It means you are human.

Recovery is hard work on an ordinary day. It takes effort, attention , and support even when life is calm. During the holidays, when ro

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